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15-10-2023 RIYADH/ WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia has decided to pause US-supported plans to normalize relations with Israel, indicating a swift reassessment of its foreign policy priorities as the war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas intensifies, media reported citing two sources familiar with Riyadh’s thinking, The ongoing war has also …

14-10-2023 Bureau Report AHMEDABAD: India demolished Pakistan as the most eagerly awaited contest of the World Cup so far turned into a one-sided anti-climax in Ahmedabad. Pakistan have never beaten India in a men’s 50-over World Cup, but looked to be laying a platform to challenge the hosts when they …

14-10-2023 BAGHDAD/ ISLAMABAD/ KUALA LUMPUR: Tens of thousands rally around the world against Israel’s Gaza bombardment Tens of thousands of people have poured onto the streets around the world in support of the Palestinians as Israel prepares for a possible ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. Protesters denounced Israel’s heavy …

14-10-2023 PARIS/ ARRAS: A teacher has been killed and two people have been seriously injured in a knife attack at a school in France, officials say. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the attack happened at the Gambetta high school in the northern city of Arras at about 11:00 local time. …

14-10-2023 TEHRAN: Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, has issued a warning, saying that the possibility of opening a “new front” in the Israel-Hamas conflict hinges on Israel’s actions in Gaza. Iran, a supporter of Hamas and other Middle East armed groups, emphasizes that continued crimes against Palestinians will bring forth …

14-10-2023 STOCKHOLM: A Swedish court on Thursday found a man guilty of inciting ethnic hatred by burning the Holy Quran in 2020 marking the first time the accusation of desecrating the Islamic holy book has been prosecuted in the nation’s legal system. The conviction follows a spate of Holy Quran …

14-10-2023 UNITED NATIONS: More than one million residents of Gaza City Friday were warned by the Israeli military to evacuate and move to the south in the next 24 hours, as it deployed its tanks near the Gaza Strip amid fears of a major ground offensive. As the Israeli warplanes …

13-10-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Last week, Sarah Sunny made history after she became India’s first deaf lawyer to argue in the country’s Supreme Court. The 27-year-old first appeared before Chief Justice DY Chandrachud in September after the court made an exception and allowed a sign language interpreter …

13-10-2023 JERUSALEM/ GAZA: Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz vowed Thursday his country would not allow basic resources or humanitarian aid into Gaza until Hamas released the people it abducted during its surprise weekend onslaught. “Humanitarian aid to Gaza? No electric switch will be turned on, no water tap will be …

13-10-2023 ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has initiated talks with Hamas to secure the release of Israeli hostages captured during a recent attack by the Palestinian resistance group. A senior Turkish official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, revealed that President Erdogan ordered the negotiations. Turkey, which has had …